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morning friends, and Happy Veterans Day!
Yesterday was very busy in the baseball world as the GM Meetings are starting to bear some fruit. Let’s get to all of that and more.
In Mariners news…
- The Mariners have reportedly informed longtime infielder J.P. Crawford that he will not be returning to the club. Kate Preusser wrote about his impact on his teammates and on the organization.
- Max Ellingsen recapped the 2026 season for the Tacoma Rainiers.
- Bryan Woo and Ken Griffey, Jr. will take part in Capital One’s MLB Open later this month. The golf tournament will include two people representing each club.
- It seems Jason Kanzler was ticketed for a pretty significant promotion with the Cubs before the Mariners snatched him.
Around the league…
- Will Venable of the White Sox and Pat Murphy of the Brewers were named the 2026 Managers of the Year.
- The Tigers agreed to a one-year, $11M deal with closer Emilio Pagán.
- The Padres inked right-hander Ryan Weiss to a one-year major league deal.
- The Mets are reportedly meeting with star free agent left-hander Tarik Skubal next week.
- Cubs right-hander Ben Brown underwent successful cervical spine surgery. He is expected to return to action some time in 2027.
- Yankees lefty Max Fried underwent surgery to remove a bone spur from his elbow. He should be good to go for spring training.
- You’ve got to admire Jameson Taillon for continuing to battle injury after injury to come back to the sport.
- The White Sox are planning to move long reliever Grant Taylor to the starting rotation next season.
- The Rangers are reportedly fielding trade offers for infielder Corey Seager this offseason.
- The Giants’ new first base coach has made history.
- Longtime catcher and manager Bob Boone passed away on Monday at the age of 78.
- The way the Blue Jays are talking, I’d be surprised if they keep Anthony Santander around beyond this winter.
- Wick Terrell at Red Reporter thinks Sal Stewart deserves first crack at the starting third base job for the Reds this coming season. Stewart played the majority of his games at first base in 2026.
- Jeff Passan at ESPN outlined the ideal offseason move for each of the 17 teams most likely to push for the postseason in 2027.
